Police in the Guadalcanal Province are calling on people residing alongside rivers, streams, creeks and coastal areas in the province to take the necessary precaution at all times following the death of man believed to have been killed by a crocodile in the Tangarare area in West Guadalcanal on 15 January 2018.
It is alleged a 20 year-old male was attacked by a crocodile at Hove River in the Tangarare area after his body was found next day (16 January) at the same river by relatives.
Police at Tingoa Police Station in the Rennell-Bellona Province are continuing their policing duties including conducting high visibility patrols and community visits around the province.
“Although we are understaffed with only five officers at post we are continuing to do our policing duties in and around the communities here,” says Supervising Provincial Police Commander, Rennell-Bellona Province, Sergeant Mick Pongi.
He adds: “This includes visiting communities to hold awareness talks and conducting high visibility patrols, attending to reports and making arrests.”
Police in Kirakira, Makira-Ulawa Province have arrested a 46-year-old male at the Kirakira main market for allegedly brewing and selling of home-made alcohol locally known as honey wine, on 15 January 2018.
It is alleged the man produced the alcohol as a source of income.
The man has been charged for Restriction of Making Liquor and illegal selling of Alcohol under the Liquor Act and released on bail to appear before Eastern Magistrate Court in Kirakira later this month.
Police traffic officers in Honiara together with the Honiara City Council (HCC) law enforcers are conducting traffic checks in Honiara from 16 - 30 January 2018 as the City Council implements its decision on the new bus routes.
This came about after members of the public raised concerns on some buses that are not complying with the HCC Ordinance on new bus routes and the presence of unlicensed motor vehicles on the road.
The Provincial Police Commander, Guadalcanal Province, Superintendent Nixson Manetoga appeals for calm in communities within the Marau Sound area of East Guadalcanal following the death of a 40-year-old male victim during a wounding incident at the weekend.
The victim passed away at the National Referral Hospital today 16 January 2018 where he was admitted after he was struck with an axe on the left side of his head during an incident at One Village in the Hatare area of Marau Sound.
Police at the Malu’u Police Station in North Malaita, Malaita Province have arrested a 19- year-old man on 14 January 2018 following an alleged break-in into a Malaita provincial government house at the Station.
Police alleged the man stole valuable properties worth around $1,750.00 from the house.
Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Malaita Province, Superintendent Timothy Apaesi says, “I appeal to members of the communities in Malu’u to work together with the police for a safer community in supplying information about the alleged incident.”
Police at Yandina in the Central Islands Province (CIP) arrested a female suspect on 10 January 2018 in relation to a family violence incident at Ilua Village on Banika Island, in the Russell Islands.
Yandina Police received the report and responded by attending the scene and apprehended the suspect and took her to Yandina Police Station where she was dealt with.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is gathering information and monitoring the so-called church movement called “kingdom” by a certain group of people in Malaita Province, as reported in the local media.
Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province, Superintendent Timothy Apaesi says, “My officers are gathering information about the alleged church movement and sale of properties by members of the movement.”
Provincial police in Malaita Province have arrested a 32 year-old man on Sunday 14 January 2018 after allegedly attacking his wife at Riverside village in Small Malaita.
It was alleged the man was under the influence of alcohol when the incident occurred on 10 January 2018.
Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Superintendent Timothy Apaesi says, “The report of the alleged attack of the wife by husband is serious as the wife has been admitted at the Afio Rural Health Centre.”
Police in Munda, Western Province have arrested and charged a prominent local business man and his son for assaulting a 65-year-old man in Munda over the weekend.
The incident happened at the Munda wharf on 13 January 2018.
“It is alleged that the victim had an argument with the suspects and it was during the argument that both accused assaulted the victim leaving him with a dislocated jaw,” says Provincial Police Commander, Western Province, Chief Superintendent Mathias Lenialu.
